IMPORTANT AP CREDIT INFORMATION
Changes to Advanced Placement Credit
The Chemistry Department has decided to change the awarding of credit for students who receive a 4 or 5 on the Chemistry AP exam. Starting with the incoming class in the Fall 2012, a student who earned a 4 or 5 on the AP Chemistry exam will receive one elective course credit (CHM179). CHM179 would not serve as a prerequisite to any existing chemistry courses, nor would it be counted as a chemistry elective for the chemistry major or minor. CHM179 would not fulfill the lab science requirement, nor would it carry NSP designation. Students who wish to continue taking courses in the Chemistry Department would have two options:
1) A student could elect to take CHM111, in which case s/he would retain CHM179 on his/her transcript, or
2) A student could elect to wait until the Spring semester to take CHM112, and after the successful completion of CHM112 by the student with a C— or better, the CHM179 credit would be converted to CHM111 credit.
